Month: May 2018

This series of character development posts is loosely organized around different themes or facets of life, and are designed to offer role players and writers prompts to consider as they develop characters. In this fifth set we turn our minds’ eye to relationships, and how your character relates to others.

For those developing role-playing characters, relationships are an indicator toward how the character sees the world through interaction with others. As with the other question sets, consider the kind of people, places, and events your character is connected to, or repulsed from, work with your game master to put specific labels on them. Continue reading “Getting to Know Your Character 5 – Relationships”

This series of posts is loosely organized around different themes to offer role players and writers prompts to consider as they develop characters. In this fourth set we turn the camera’s eye on family relationships, and how your character relates to them.

For those developing role-playing characters, family also ties into the world around your character. When answering these questions, consider the kind of people, places, and events they connect to, then work with your game master to put specific labels on them. Continue reading “Getting to Know Your Character 4 – Family”

This series of posts is loosely organized around different themes to offer role players and writers prompts to consider as they develop characters. In this third set we move back into a character’s history; those formative events that shaped them.Continue reading “Getting to Know Your Character 3 – History”

This series of question-formatted posts is loosely organized around different themes offer role players and writers prompts to consider as they develop characters. In this second post, we take a look at physical traits, those things about a character that are generally (though not always) visible to onlookers, and their significance.Continue reading “Getting to Know Your Character 2 – Physical Traits”

Heya, thanks for dropping by, I appreciate it. This rebuild of my site is a project that will likely take a while. If you’re interested in what’s happening currently, I’m most active on Twitter @Gerret. That’s where I’m posting progress updates on various projects, including (at this writing) plate tectonics for my homebrew campaign, cultures for the starting area (hence the tectonics – I’m more of a top-down designer), a honkin’ city map for the first campaign arc, and a new planner system for general life organization.

As a thumbnail biography, I’m a learning professional by day, focusing on succession management, HR talent analytics, communication, and LMS administration; a father to 7 sons; a husband to the most amazing woman ever, (yes, of course I’m biased!); and we live on a few acres in southeast Michigan, with a sassy dog, a little rabbit, and a chicken coop full of free range chickens who are exceptionally well-cared-for.